Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series)

Venus of Park Avenue (1957)

David Janssen: Richard Diamond

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• Richard Diamond : Why is it that artistic people always think all other people are unromantic?

  Alex : It's because artistic people are persecuted. Nobody understands them. Nobody appreciates them. And nobody tries.

  Richard Diamond : So naturally they feel a psychological right to certain privileges like running around barefooted. Or indulging themselves in blackmail?

• Alex : His sculpting. It was like his face. Strong and sensitive. Hard stone but there was something gentle underneath.

  Richard Diamond : That's what most people expect when they come into my office.

  Alex : You have what I call um... a nice face.

  Richard Diamond : Well, thank you very much.

• Richard Diamond : I have some memories of Brindisi. They're not as nice as yours, I'm afraid.

  Alex : You were there?

  Richard Diamond : Before you. It was during the war. We were quartered in an old hotel called the Majestic. It was bombed out. I understand they rebuilt it.

  Alex : Oh, they ruined it. They put on a modernistic mosaic front and a horrible little cupid fountain.

• [last lines] 

  Alex : You must admit the Venus is very beautiful. And I do look like her.

  Richard Diamond : If I had to take one of you to dinner, I'd choose the Venus.